Hakutulokset: aviation
Etsimme kuitenkin kirjoja hakusanalla aviation , mikä antoiyhteensä 14 hakutulosta
The Man Who Took the Rap
This is the first biography of Sir Robert Brooke-Popham, a key figure in the early development of airpower, whose significant and varied achievements have been overlooked because …
Flight Risk
From the 1920s Afghanistan maintained a small air arm that depended heavily upon outside assistance. Starting in 2005, the United States led an air advisory campaign to rebuild the …
Airpower Over Gallipoli 1915-1916
Based on extensive archival research, Sterling Michael Pavelec recounts the adventures of the handful of aviators and their aircraft during the Gallipoli Campaign. As the contest …
The Origins of American Strategic Bombing Theory
Craig F. Morris explores the beginnings of American strategic bombing theory, why it changed over time, the factors that shaped that change, and how technology molded military …
To Rule the Skies
To Rule the Skies: General Thomas S. Power and the Rise of Strategic Air Command in the Cold War fills a critical gap in Cold War and Air Force history by telling the story of …
Airpower Reborn
Airpower and Strategy offers a conceptual approach to warfare that emphasizes airpower’s unique capability to achieve strategic effects. Six world-leading theorists argue that a …
Fallen Tigers
During World War II, America's air forces in China reported at least 634 aircraft and 1,780 airmen as missing on combat missions. Fighting a savage guerrilla air war against the …
Admiral Herbert V. Wiley U.S. Navy
This book is simultaneously a biography of Admiral Herbert Victor Wiley and a history of the U.S. Navy's lighter-than-air program. As tensions rose between Japan and the U.S. over …
Airpower in the War against ISIS
Airpower in the War against ISIS chronicles the planning and conduct of Operation Inherent Resolve by U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) from August 2014 to mid-2018, with a principal …
Selling Schweinfurt
A common theme of airpower histories is that the Combined Bomber Offensive was the proving ground for a post-war independent air force. Whether or not the United States Strategic …
Beyond the Beach
An important rethinking of the Normandy war narrativeBeyond the Beach examines the Allied air war against France in 1944. During this period, General Dwight David Eisenhower, as …
The Bridge to Airpower
In the latest addition to the History of Military Aviation series, Peter Dye describes how the development of the air weapon on the Western Front during World War I required a …